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Famous Firsts by the Rolling Stones

The Stones' first concert, No. 1 hit, and more   Mick Jagger and Keith Richards Source: WikiCommons Related Links Lasting Influence of the Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones…

The Cooper's Hill Cheese Roll

The power of cheese by Holly Hartman "If the runners jump the gun, they are likely to get a cheese in the back." – Iris Peasley,Cheese Committee According to the National Dairy…

Brewer's: Pay with the Roll of the Drum

(To). Not to pay at all. No soldier can be arrested for debt when on the march. How happy the soldier who lives on his pay, And spends half-a-crown out of sixpence a day; He cares not for…

Brewer's: Log-rolling Criticism

The criticism of literary men who combine to praise each other's works in press or otherwise. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894LoganLog-rolling A B C D E…

Jagger, Mick

(Encyclopedia) Jagger, Mick (Michael Phillip Jagger): see Rolling Stones.

Elk Island National Park

(Encyclopedia) Elk Island National Park, 75 sq mi (194 sq km), central Alta., Canada, near Edmonton; est. 1913. It occupies a wooded rolling region in the midst of level farmland. The park is Canada'…

Mihara

(Encyclopedia) MiharaMiharamēhäˈrä [key], city (1990 pop. 85,518), Hiroshima prefecture, W Honshu, Japan, on the Inland Sea. It is a production center for sake, rayon, rolling stock, and cement. It…